Lighting Handbook for Android!

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Lighting Handbook is now available on the Android platform!

 

In this first release it has all the core features that the iOS version has, and in time will gain more features such as Searching, Submit a fixture, Lighting Calculator & Electrical Formulas in app purchases and more.

 

Using a new universal database system it has the same fixtures as the iOS version and is updatable through the settings menu.

 

It is available through Android Market now at £2.99, €3.99 or $4.99

 

http://goo.gl/X2u77

 

• Weight

• Power Consumption

• Data Connection types

• Light Output (According to manufactures manual)

• Colour wheels/Mixing

• Gobo Wheels

• How many DMX Channels and in what mode

• Beam Size

• Lamp type

 

Dimmer Info:

 

• Mains connectors

• Mains out?

• Data Connectors

• Dimmer connections

• Max Channel count

• Max Channel current

• Max current per phase

• Weight

• Dimensions

• Channel to phase info

• Any additional feature

 

If your device is connected to the internet, the manual is then available for viewing right within the app. You can also store manuals for offline viewing either within Lighting Handbook or in your favourite PDF viewing app.

 

One other feature is the Pinout diagrams for the most popular data and power connections:

• Socapex

• Lectriflex

• DMX (3 & 5 Pin)

• 4 Pin - Scroller cable

• RJ-45 (Ethernet)

• DMX Terminators

• Avolites Download cable

• Martin DMX - RJ-45

 

Another feature is the Lamp Guide, Giving detailed information on individual lamps like Par 64, T class lamps, HPL's and more!

Information given is:

• Wattage

• Voltage

• Cap/Base

• Colour temperature °K

• Average Life Hours

• Beam/Lamp Length

• Any alternative lamp

 

Current manufacturers are:

• Altman

• Apollo Design Technology

• Arri

• Avolite

• CCT

• Chamsys

• Chauvet (Pro only currently)

• ChromaQ

• Chromlech

• Claypaky

• Coemar

• Color Kinetics

• Compulite

• Elation

• ETC

• GLP

• GrandMa

• High End

• I-Pix

• James Thomas Engineering

• Jands

• JB Lighting

• Jem

• LSC

• Light Processor

• Look Solutions

• Martin

• MDG

• PRG

• Pulsar

• Rainbow

• Robe

• Robert Juliat

• Selecon

• SGM

• Showtec

• Strand

• Studio Due

• Thomas

• Vari Lite

• Wybron

• Zero 88

 

The library of manufacturers can be updated from within the app - Go to the settings menu, from there you'll be able to see what version of the library is currently installed and if connected to the internet, what version is now available for download. Click the "Update Library" Button and it will download the latest library and install into Lighting Handbook.

 

If you have a specific manufacturer or light you'd like including, please e-mail me and I'll try and include it in the next update.